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Daily Voting News For January 10, 2008

Published: Sat 12 Jan 2008 08:19 AM
Daily Voting News For January 10, 2008
Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
It appears that Hart Intercivic has admitted that the optical-scan tabulators certified by the state of Colorado and used in that state show a significant error rate when a ballot has stray marks. This was mentioned, and nearly lost, in an article in today’s Denver Post. The vendor has offered a software upgrade to Colorado and they think that upgrade MAY fix the problem. In the mean time counties across the country may be using these same machines with no knowledge of a problem and no knowledge that Hart is providing an upgrade to one state while ignoring theirs....
National: Alarms Should Go Off Whenever the Discrepancies Between the "Official" Results and the Polls Can't Be Explained LINK
California: Marin County - Huffman's vote-by-mail bill advances LINK
California: San Diego County - Voting critics lambaste supervisors LINK
California: San Diego County - San Diego Voters Confront Board of Supervisors LINK
California: Ventura County - Is Ventura up to the count? Voting machines decertified, then recertified with extra security measures LINK
Colorado: Citizens Call for Coffman to Resign LINK
Colorado: Coffman: 'I created a lot of confusion' LINK
Colorado: Editorial - Well, will they work or not? Confusion over certification of voting machines leaves our heads spinning - and wondering about Coffman's leadership. LINK
Colorado: Voting machine snafu resolution possible LINK
Colorado: Coffman Wants More Time, Flexibility To Fix Voting Machines LINK
Colorado: Larimer County - Clerk urges all mail-in ballot Larimer County official hopes Legislature will pass election fix LINK
Colorado: Pueblo County - County voting machines likely to be recertified LINK
Illinois: Feds to investigate spiraling costs of county election vendor LINK
Maryland: 2008 Election Judge Training LINK
Mississippi: Federal appeals court sets hearing date in voter-ID lawsuit LINK
Montana: Gallatin County won't change voting machines LINK
New Hampshire: Bob Koehler - Primary Concerns LINK
New Hampshire: Criminal record of Kenneth Hajjar- New England voting machine firm exec LINK
New York: Can you spell DEEP TROUBLE? LINK
New York: Chenango County - County awaits word on HAVA directive LINK
New York: Warren County consolidates voting districts LINK
Ohio: Fairfield County - Paper ballots to make comeback March 4 Official says electronic voting has raised security concerns LINK
Ohio: Franklin County - Secretary Of State Investigating Franklin County Board Of Elections LINK
Ohio: Franklin County - Ohio SoS Announces Investigation of Franklin County Board of Elections (Finally!) LINK
Ohio: Miami County election officials get pay hikes LINK
Ohio: Washington County - State removes clamps on local elections office LINK
Pennsylvania: Crawford County - Officials confident voting machines pose no problems LINK
Pennsylvania: Mercer County - Elections chief: Voting machines here might not be so vulnerable LINK
Pennsylvania: Philadelphia - Oh Challenges Voting Irregularities In City Council Election LINK
Tennessee: Ballot paper trail proposal comes late LINK
West Virginia: Some States Find Faults With Voting System LINK
VoterID: High court appears to select sides on Voter ID Justices focus on Indiana law requiring every voter to show identification LINK
VoterID: Justices seem hesitant to toss Indiana's voter ID law Some on high court appear to search for middle ground on law that is toughest in nation LINK
**"Daily Voting News" is meant as a comprehensive listing of reports
each day concerning issues related to election and voting news around
the country regardless of quality or political slant. Therefore, items
listed in "Daily Voting News" may not reflect the opinions of VotersUnite.Org or Scoop.**
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John Gideon
Executive Director www.votersunite.org

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